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Famous Film Snoods

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Alyce Cresap

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Nov 28, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/28/96
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Brad Grissom wrote:
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> >> Am I the only Wordsler who had never heard of a snood before this thread?
> >
> >I am surprised, even stunned, that this common bit of hair covering is
> >unknown to so many. It's at least 500 years old, maybe more.
> >alyce
>
> Didn't Melanie wear one, in -Gone with the Wind-?

yup.
alyce

Brad Grissom

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Nov 28, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/28/96
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Jerry Silverman

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Nov 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/29/96
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The summer I spent working on the Coke Plant labor gang
at Inland Steel in East Chicago, Indiana, snoods were a
regulation part of our safety equipment to prevent burning
embers of coke from sliding down the collars of our shirts.

And a damn fine fashion statement, too.

-Jerry-

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